Homunculus
Film2021119 min

Homunculus

Taste attributes: dramathrillerpsychologicalmonster/alien/supernaturalfantasymysteryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, serious thriller: original and dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 41 votes

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical

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Synopsis

A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Go AyanoRyo NaritaYukino KishiiAnna IshiiSeiyo Uchino

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2021
Runtime
119 min
Status
Released
Studio
Booster Project
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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